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New Philadelphia Sheriff Jewell Williams starts overhaul of troubled row office

01/11/2012

Just one week after taking office, Philadelphia Sheriff Jewell Williams issued an executive order banning employees from bidding on foreclosed properties auctioned off at sheriff’s sales, the latest in a string of reforms he says will make the office more transparent and accountable. In another move, 17 non-civil service patronage employees were let go by Acting Sheriff Barbara Deeley just days before Williams took office at the start of the year. Williams has also promised a new computer system, granting media access to foreclosure sales and finding new vendors as part of efforts to clean up the troubled office.

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